Civil Rights Groups, Emory SJP Address Federal Recognition of Hostile Environment Concerns At Emory University

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Civil Rights Groups, Emory SJP Address Federal Recognition of Hostile Environment Concerns At Emory University

Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP), the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), and Palestine Legal today addressed the announcement and resolution by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The resolution sets out several substantive remedial measures Emory University must take after OCR identified important Title VI compliance concerns at the University for alleged harassment of students based on their Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Black identities.

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Palestine Legal Stands in Solidarity with Advisory Board Member Katherine Franke in the Face of Attacks by Columbia University

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Palestine Legal Stands in Solidarity with Advisory Board Member Katherine Franke in the Face of Attacks by Columbia University

Palestine Legal issued a statement in response to law professor and Palestine Legal advisory board member Katherine Franke's announcement regarding the end of her career at Columbia Law School.

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Palestine Legal Sends Letter Demanding Dept of Ed Address Anti-Palestinian Discrimination and Protect Free Speech in Advance of Incoming Trump Administration

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Palestine Legal Sends Letter Demanding Dept of Ed Address Anti-Palestinian Discrimination and Protect Free Speech in Advance of Incoming Trump Administration

In advance of the incoming Trump administration, we urge the Office for Civil Rights to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that universities address anti-Palestinian discrimination and harassment and protect free speech and academic freedom.

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Civil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself’

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Civil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself’

Five legal organizations including Palestine Legal, the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles sent a letter to Pomona College today warning the school that its unprecedented suspensions of a group of students for the remaining 2024-2025 academic year without due process violated First Amendment principles and California law. 

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UChicago Students File Civil Rights Complaint After Disciplinary Charges, Arrests, and UCPD Surveillance

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UChicago Students File Civil Rights Complaint After Disciplinary Charges, Arrests, and UCPD Surveillance

Palestine Legal today announced the filing of a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the nearly year-long, hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism at the University of Chicago, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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UW-Madison Opens Illegal and Discriminatory Student Disciplinary Proceedings Months After Last Spring’s Encampments

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UW-Madison Opens Illegal and Discriminatory Student Disciplinary Proceedings Months After Last Spring’s Encampments

Palestine Legal has sent a letter to the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) demanding they terminate a new round of illegal and discriminatory charges brought against students relating to last spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment. 

Palestine Legal is representing two students, Dahlia Saba and Vignesh Ramachandran, who are facing disciplinary charges for allegedly “planning and carrying out an encampment on university lands.”

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Palestine Legal Condemns Wave of Campus Anti-Protest Policies Intended To Suppress Student Activism

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Palestine Legal Condemns Wave of Campus Anti-Protest Policies Intended To Suppress Student Activism

The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Across the U.S., colleges are rolling out new anti-protest policies in an attempt to prevent a repeat of last spring’s historic wave of student activism calling on universities to disclose and divest from financial ties to Israel. 

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